Members of a coalition of New York City groups representing communities of color say they may join Republicans suing to block newly redrawn congressional maps pushed through by Democratic state lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The advocates say lawmakers unfairly divided Black, Latino and Asian populations and spread them among several districts, reducing voters’ chances to elect representatives from those groups, particularly in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and other areas with high concentrations of non-white voters.
Not always and not in all cases do the interests of the Democratic Party fully align with the interests of communities of colorFor months, community groups had urged lawmakers to consider a so-called “unity map” that kept racially distinct communities intact, potentially increasing their political power.
The IRC was created after voters approved an amendment to the state constitution in 2014. The panel was intended as an answer to historic gerrymandering driven by both the Democrats or Republicans, depending on who was in power in Albany. The complaint quoted Dave Wasserman, an analyst with the Cook Political Report, who told the New York Times that Democrats “can gain three seats and eliminate four Republican seats” in “an effective gerrymander.”Vattamala pointed to the area of Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park in Queens, which has a strong South Asian and Indo-Caribbean population. It was, depriving the community of South Asian political representation.
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